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Monticello Road is a community arts project in Charlottesville, Virginia. Through photography and a series of public events and conversations, we explore how an art can be an essential, integral and everyday part of a healthy community.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Story Sharing and Oral Histories Event

On Sunday, April 22, from 1-4 pm, the Bridge PAI is hosting an afternoon of story sharing and oral histories. As part of my Monticello Road project, we've invited a colorful group of neighborhood characters and long-timers to recount stories and spin yarns.

People with interesting stories will gravitate there but here are a few of the people who are definitely coming:

My neighbor Rosie who has lived on the street for 50+ years

Sonny, proprietor of Lazy Daisy and long-time resident/stakeholder

"Doc" Frazier, race car driver and master-spinner of tall-tales

Peggy, long-timer at the Blind Shops, whose grandmother lived on the road

It's not only for people who have lived here (or anywhere) for a long time: anyone with interesting perspectives, or who wants to hear them, is welcome.

It will be an after-church-style pot-luck so please feel free to bring banana bread, and other sharable nibbles.

All Monticello Road events are free and open to the public. The Bridge is located at 209 Monticello Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902. [map | donate]

Monticello Road is a month-long celebration through photography and community events at the Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative. The exhibition runs through April 27. For a full schedule and more information, please visit www.monticelloroad.com.

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200

The full video of my collaboration with James Hopkins through 200-character text message poems from Let There Be Light is posted here.

20 Live at Tom Tom FestWe presented my short video piece, with a live accompaniment by guitar hero Joe Lawlor at the Tom Tom Fall Block Party in September. Check out the video with Joe's improvisation here.

Soundboard Interview

If you missed my conversation with Julia Kudravetz on WTJU, you can hear it here. Click on Soundboard and advance to the 45 minute mark.

Belmont Bash RecapThe Belmont Bash was a huge block party on Monticello Road that was extremely fun, came together in a novel way and offered a great opportunity for social interaction on a variety of levels.